The Logitech G Pro Invitational Series is proud to announce that Playseat, a leading racing simulator brand, to the ever-growing list of partners for the remainder of the 2024 season and beyond.

Applying over two decades worth of experience, Playseat provide premium equipment for both casual and professional gamers, including versatile and accessible sim racing seats as well as high end-professional simulators.

The partnership with Playseat further demonstrates our ability to bring you the best action, with the best drivers for our series. 

Beginning in 2005 Playseat has researched and developed the undisputed standard in delivering unrivalled realism. 

The Managing Director Playseat’s ANZ distributor GDE, Phil Bremner says "We have always strived to bring racing to the people and now we can help bring the true Supercar racing experience to everyone in the Australiasia region. Playseat provides gamers with a bespoke, innovative, and realistic racing experience to bring the action a step closer to home.”

Phil further added "We see real value in aligning ourselves to what is the undisputed best sim racing series in the Region.  The professionalism of the drivers and the organisers align with our values, we are really excited to be aligned with such a Championship"

The Managing Director of the Logitech G Pro Invitational Series, Brenton O’Brien stated "To run such an outstanding championship a lot of work needs to be done.  Over the past three years we have shown with our Championship that we are now the leading series in the Region.  The best drivers all line up on our grid and having that fantastic support from highly reputable brands such as Playseat further highlights the strength of our series.  Having Playseat as partners for the remainder of this year, and beyond, is a significant step for us as we continue to go from strength to strength.  We are truly thankful for introducing Playseat to our Championship"

You will see Playseats involvement in every round with the Playseat Pole Position.

For more information on Playseat please head to https://playseat.com/
 

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Road America, a cornerstone of American motorsport, debuted on the Logitech G Pro Invitational calendar in 2023. This historic 6.5-kilometer track is famed for its high-speed straights, tough corners, and significant elevation changes.

Ahead of this week's race, we talked to Michael Whiting from Fishy Motorsports. Michael, focused on gaining valuable points for his 2024 championship campaign, shared his five key points for mastering the track. He offers an insider’s view on what it takes to excel at one of the most thrilling venues in the series.

Car Damage

With the new Supercar damage model being front of mind for most drivers. With the new damage model making the Supercar even more fragile than previously, keeping out of trouble and minimizing car damage is going to be paramount in a good result. Any amount of time spent in pitlane with damage repairs will certainly impact racing and results.

Strategy

Strategy is going to play a huge part around Road America. There is a fair amount of scope here for different strategies to play out. With potential safety cars, incidents and fuel saving, staying out of trouble is key to success. Maximising any potential safety cars, track position will be key for many drivers.

Fuel Saving

Road America is well known for being one of the longest tracks on the Pro Series calander, with several long straights. This paves way for potential fuel saving and drafting during the race. If this is executed correctly there are many advantages and positions to be gained.

Qualifying

Maximizing Qualifying is important at every track, even more so at Road America. With exceptionally long straights and a very competitive field, being on track at the right place and right time is going to be key in getting a draft. Get this wrong and your qualifying can be severely hampered.

Track Position

Road America is quite famous for exceptional racing and plenty of passing opportunities. This being said, maintaining track position without compromising pace is going to be a hard task to complete with every driver wanting that extra position for points.

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I know I probably say and sound like it every single time, but, this next race has got some real potential to it.

A couple of key points heading into Watkins were kerb changes and the new damage model. They’re both still here, relevant, and everywhere you look in sim racing at the moment, however, the big kicker is the team shuffling.

When you rewind back to the start of the year, the thought I kept coming to was “this isn’t done yet”.

Someone’s dealt out a new hand in the driver shuffle and it's going to take another few months to settle down and resolve itself again.

Well, enough about that we’re off to Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin!

You only have to look back to the tail end of last year to see how this place really changed the outcome of the championship. Great rulebook and strategy awareness of the Trans Tasman Racing outfit hammered home a super strong result that put Madison Down into a nearly unassailable position. There was so much more drama that bubbled under the surface on that night, and it led to the formation of the Lobs Esports drivers that now are driving out of their skins.

Trans Tasman Racing mastered the strategy here in 2023

Road America as a venue though has been so critical to deciding championships over the long history of Australian V8 Supercar Sim Racing. Historically it plays host to our Grand Final and is thought of by the drivers with the same amount of significance.

The best part about this circuit is the fact you cannot have a car that is great in all areas. You’re either going to run a bit more wing and stability and look for long run speed, as well as consistency through the carousel and the kink and lose that little bit of an edge in a straight line, or you are going to trim the car right out and look for the straight line edge yet again.

If you look at the difference in our biggest teams and the way they approach their car setups, there’s some divergent takes on best balance. Lobs Esports have tended to take the “go fast and pass em on the straights” approach, Trans Tasman are phenomenal in the high downforce sections, and Synergy Sim Racing handle the bumps and mechanical grip sections really well. Keep all those tips in mind as you watch the progression.

This race has a bit of overtaking, a large amount of strategy, a little bit of safety car potential to just change something somewhere. One of the better parts of the Formula 1 race from over the weekend was the change to bring gravel and consequences back into play, well Road America only has run off room in two places, and not a lot of room for error anywhere else. Touch the grass at the kink on the back straight and all of a sudden it's just about keeping the car out of the fence.

Lobs Esports drivers were very quick in qualifying last year, Filsell took pole by two tenths of a second on a very cold track. Grip was super high for both qualifying and the start, and similar conditions are on the cards for this year. I expect the track to be a touch higher to start and continue to climb throughout the race. Drivers who have a good cold track car and are going to potentially struggle to hold onto their tires and striking a balance is going to be key.

I’m going to predict that the New Damage Model’s effects haven’t settled as yet and everyone is still adjusting, bringing the Safety Car into play. Fuel burn is going to be right around a 23 lap tank, and with saving could see this extended to 25 at the most, further than that and you are really going to struggle for the lap time and to hold position.

Expect tire fall off and wear to be around one second for every 10 laps, and another key point in the strategy game is if we end up with a long run to the end of your race the Safety Car chance drops off as everyone moves into conservation mode and stops racing as hard.

Zachary Rattray-White now leads the way for Vermillion Esports

Form guide suggests again to pick a Lobs driver to win, but I think this is going to be a lot closer than people think. Timing of the strategy and the smartest heads in the room could be a bigger factor, and this race comes down to having a fast car and the best race brains to match!

I’m also a bit worried about the Evolution Racing Team driver Ethan Grigg-Gault. If this was a game of tennis he’d have lost the match by now just on his amount of unforced errors. Its extremely out of character for him and I just wonder if something else isn’t going on. He’s now got two DNF’s combined with a finish with a damaged car back at Sebring. He sits 19th in points and still in contention for an automatic qualifying spot for next year, but I don’t think he can get away with another error of his own making. For me he’s just got to take points this week, and probably every week to the end of the championship, but Ethan’s also not the kind of driver to just have a quiet finish if he can have a win instead.

Righto, Voodoo magic time! We’ve cursed people just about every race this series and this could be another one.

Well who did we curse this time? Who are your predictions for Road America?

Feel free to hit me up on social media or discord, I want to hear from our fans!!!

See you all Wednesday night!

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by Scott Rankin

As reported last week, LOBS eSports have announced mid season acquisitions of both Andrew Gilliam and Griffin Gardiner. Both new drivers will have their first hit out with their new team at Road America this Wednesday night for Round 6 of the Logitech G Pro Invitational Series.

This announcement also comes off the back of another sponsor announcement for the team, with DoohanOK coming on board all LOBS cars for the rest of the 2024 season.

Team manager, Shane VanGisbergen had this to say;

“Exciting time for us here at LOBS eSports. We are proud to team up with Jack Doohan and his DoohanOK brand to further strengthen our already burgeoning Sim Racing team. It’s been a great start to the 2024 Season for us and we believe this partnership will strengthen our on and off track performance in this year Pro Series”

Andrew Gilliam and Griffin Gardiner bolster the lineup at Lobs Esports

The cars will be run in two similar liveries, but with a slight switch of colour schemes. Jack Doohan made this announcement earlier this week;

“We are thrilled to announce a new exciting partnership between Doohan Ok and Lobs Esports, marking the beginning of an exciting collaboration aimed at achieving extraordinary results in the world of esports.

Together, we aspire to achieve some truly remarkable feats in the world of competitive gaming. This partnership represents a binding of shared values of teamwork, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of greatness.

By teaming up with Lobs Esports, we are excited to explore new opportunities, expand our reach, and deliver unforgettable experiences to our fans. We can't wait to see the team out on track, and look forward to officially starting our new partnership together.”

Tune in for round 6 of the Logitech G Pro invitational Series this Wednesday night.

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